Summer Internship Portfolio
Shail Sheth
DiCRC Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre (DICRC), CEPT University, India functions as an research centre for the development and understanding of Indian Crafts (SMC – Space Making Crafts and Surface Narrative Crafts) of Traditional and Vernacular Buildings of India. It has five major focus areas, which are Research & Documentation, Innovation and Development, Education and Training, Application and Collaboration and lastly Resource Building & Dissemination.
The Team: Asso. Prof. Jay Thakkar - Director Assi. Prof. Rishav Jain - Research Expert Mitraja Bais - Research Associate Mansi Sathyanarayan - Research Associate Samrudha Dixit - Research Assistant Piyush Shah - Research Consultant Radha Devpura - Research Assistant Abhishek Ruikar - Research Assistant Shail Sheth - Research Intern
Vernacular Furniture of Punjab The third phase of the ‘Vernacular Furnitureof North-West India’ project focussing on the state of Punjab was initiated in May 2018.
Scope of work -
Punjab, as a region before India-Pakistan partition comprised of present-day Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, and eastern Pakistan.
Furniture measurements on field
The project focuses on the Indian state of Punjab, comprising of three regions; Malwa, Majha, and Doaba.
Data categorization
Field photography
Furniture drawings
Furniture data forms
Distance covered -
3386 kms
Places visited -
19
Elements mapped -
317
Scholars approached -
8
Craftspeople approached - 4 Elements measured -
10
Elements drawn -
5
Furniture forms -
210
Charpoy (Manja)
FRONT ELEVATION
SIDE ELEVATION
SECTION
PLAN
MANJA (CHARPOY) SCALE :- 1:20 Sadda Pindh, Amritsar
Sadda Pind, Amritsar 18 June 2018 PREPARED BY:- SHAIL SHETH
Spindle (Charkha)
Lyalpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar 18 June 2018
Cabinet (Sandook 1)
Kartarpur, Jalandhar
18 June 2018 PREPARED BY :- SHAIL SHETH
Cabinet (Sandook 2)
18 June 2018 Prepared by:- Shail Sheth
Sidhwan Bet, Ludhiana
Cabinet (Sandook 3)
18 June 2018 Prepared by:- Shail Sheth
Sidhwan Bet, Ludhiana
Furniture Form 1 (Manja)
Furniture Form 2 (Pidha)
Learning Outcome
At DiCRC • Search and Research Search and Research meant that before going on field to document furniture pieces, pre-field research is a necessity to find out the maximum numbers of the pieces and data and make the most of the days spent on the field.
• On field - Photography, Story and Measurements Field trip are the starting point of the project and each furniture piece found on the field is documented by photographs, schematic drawings with measurement and the story behind it which is narrated by the local people.
• Data Categorization After the field trip and back on the center, data is categorized and stored in a certain format and name series so its convenient for the entire office. Each furniture piece documented on the field has its respective form so the all the data regarding the piece is gathered and due to this there are lesser chances to miss out on the data and information.
• Drawings Selected furniture piece from all the furniture pieces documented on the field trip are then documented in drawing forms as well. Drawings consist of plan, section, elevation and 3D.
Shail Sheth Contact: shethshail22@gmail.com shail.sheth.ugfd15@cept.ac.in +91-7817062969
